April 29 Vancouver Members of GATE […]

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1977-04-29

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April 29 Vancouver Members of GATE (Vancouver) confronted Justice Minister Ron Basford during a public address by Basford on Bill C–25, held at the Vancouver Public Library. GATE's spokesman Rob Joyce complained about five years of inaction on the part of the federal government in adding protection based on sexual orientation to Canadian human rights legislation. He cited the John Damien and Gay Tide cases as examples of why this protection was necessary. Basford was unmoved, and said that the new legislation would flow from "established rules of discrimination."

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Vancouver Public Library (central)Vancouver

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John Damien Rob Joyce Ron Basford

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British Columbia Ministry of Justice Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE Vancouver

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Gay Tide

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Bill C–25

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Maurice Flood and Robert Cook, "Minister Will Not Be 'Bludgeoned,'" Body Politic, no. 34 (1977), pp. 1 6.Ron Dayman, "Basford Confronted in Vancouver: Briefs," NGRC Forum, 2, no. 2 (Spring 1977): (4)

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Bill C–25

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